Selective decontamination of the digestive tract helps prevent bacterial infections in the early postoperative period after liver transplant

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 310-313

  Emre, Sukru ^a   Sebastian, Anthony ^a   Chodoff, Larry ^a   Boccagni, Patrizia ^a   Meyers, Burt ^a   Sheiner, Patricia A ^a   Mor, Eytan ^a   Guy, Stephen R ^a   Atillasoy, Evren ^a   Schwartz, Myron E ^a   Miller, Charles M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection prophylaxis; Liver transplantation; Postoperative infection; Selective digestive decontamination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033201947     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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